Bulldogs Fall At Harvard; Alex Zampier Sets Yale Single Season Steals Record

Alexander Zampier. (photo by Sam Rubin '95, Yale Sports Publicity)

Feb 27, 2010

Zampier Notches 55th Steal of Season

BOSTON, Mass. - Harvard's Jeremy Lin made his final regular
season game at Lavietes Pavilion memorable. Lin had 26 points, five
rebounds, five steals and three assists to lead the Crimson to a
78-58 victory over Yale before a near capacity crowd of 2,195. Alex
Zampier, who scored 16 points to pace the Bulldogs, also had one
steal, his 55th of the season, to set the Yale single season
record.

The Bulldogs (11-18, 5-7 Ivy) had four players score in double
figures. Michael Sands had 11 points and 10 rebounds, Porter
Braswell also scored 11 and Raffi Mantilla had 10 points to match
his career high.

Brandyn Curry added 14 points and five assists and Kyle Casey
scored 13 points for the Crimson, who won its 20th game of the
season for the first time in school history.

Harvard (20-6, 9-3 Ivy) scored the first seven points of the
game. Yale pulled to within three, 19-16, on Sands's three-point
play midway through the first half, but the Crimson answered with a
14-5 run, capped by a Lin three-pointer. Harvard, which shot 54.8
percent from the field in the opening 20 minutes, led 47-33 at
halftime.

The Bulldogs held the Crimson to 31 points in the second half
but never got closer.

Lin finished 9-of-13 from the field and made all six of his free
throws. The Crimson was 14-of-16 from the foul line in the game and
made 8-of-19 three-pointers.

Yale had a 35-32 edge in rebounding. The Bulldogs, though,
committed 17 turnovers, which led to 26 Harvard points.

NOTES: Zampier's record breaking steal came early in the second
half when he took the ball away from Lin. Zampier broke the
mark set by Daniel Okonkwo in 1996-97. Zampier is also Yale's
career record holder with 163 steals... Sands recorded his second
straight double-double. He had 11 points and 11 rebounds in
Friday's win over Dartmouth... The loss snapped the Bulldogs'
four-game winning streak at Lavieties... Harvard swept the season
series from Yale for the first time since 1999... The Bulldogs
close out the season next weekend with home games against Columbia
on Friday and Cornell on Saturday. Both games begin at 7 p.m.
Zampier and fellow seniors Paul Nelson, Jordan Gibson and Josh
Davis will be making their final appearance in Lee Amphitheater.